{"quotes":[{"text":"Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because God is more interested in an intact family or social circle that looks righteous, rather than you being a person of integrity that has compassion for others. It is this absurdity that teaches the wrong version of God and creates the next generation of 'me' centered individuals.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["actions","authenticity","be-an-example","caring","children","choices","choose-the-right","communication","compassion","courage","decisions","directioners","doing-the-right-thing","fear","gideon","honesty","in-actions","integrity","loving-one-another","morals","not-caring","one-direction","parenting","selfish","selfless","silence","standing-up-for-others","strength","teaching","teaching-your-son","teens","truth"],"id":36817,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["activists","adversity","bias","bravery","callings","courage","divergent","entrusted","homeless-activist","integrity","leadership","patriarchal-blessings","power","preordination","rain","standing-up-for-others","staying-strong","stewardship","storm","storms","trials","warriors"],"id":137592,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Call Stella 'Trash Can Girl' again and I'll beat the h--- out of you. In fact, call her or anyone else anything ever again and I'll do the same. I'm done saying nothing. I'm done letting you treat people like crap. Do you hear me?","author":"Katie McGarry","tags":["anti-bullying","contemporary-fiction","courage","doing-the-right-thing","life-lessons","relationships","speaking-out","speaking-up","standing-up-for-others","standing-up-to-people","treat-others-with-kindness","young-adult"],"id":316684,"author_id":"Katie+McGarry"},{"text":"Always do good for others because when people try to drag your name through the mud, God will always bring a storm to wash it away.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["accomplishments","blessings","choose-the-right","courage","fearless","friends-of-sar","guardian-angels","integrity","laughing-hard","police-officers","protection-from-evil","search-and-rescue","service-to-community","smiling-big","standing-up-for-others","track-record","truth","vindicated"],"id":379093,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"What people can get you or do for you will never replace a person that will influence you to be a better person.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["class","compassion","directioners","dream-jobs","influence","integrity","standing-up-for-others"],"id":475444,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}